Let's Modify a 1929 Model A Ford Special Coupe
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ก.ค. 2020
- The 1929 Model A Special Coupe was an unusual body style. It had no metal rear to the cab.....instead the rear portion was wood-framed, including the rear window, and most of the cab was covered in vinyl. In this video we will fabricate a proper metal rear to the cab, with a framed rear window, and we will fill in the hideous channels all over the perimeter of the roof, originally used for nailing down the edge of the vinyl covering.
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Thanks! I've got a 29 sport coupe that I plan on converting to a 5 window. Ive got the rear 1/4 windows from a 30, need to fab up a back panel for the rear window. Super super helpful! Thanks for posting!
This is good stuff, Doug! 😎❤️🎸 Cars have been my passion since I was 15. Then I found guitar playing last year and things sort of changed lol. I still love hot rods but man, these guitars got a stranglehold on me! 😁😎🎸
I understand, JC. It's best to maintain a balance in life ;)
Beautiful work sir
Thanks, Wayne.
Thank you! Great information
Glad you liked it, Rusty.
Uncle Doug, Love the new Channel. I love your Hot Rod artistry as much as your amp-tech expertise. Keep up the great work. Stay safe. Regards, Steve
Thank you kindly, Stephen. Will do......you too, I hope.
Thinking outside of the box! Two thumbs up!
Thanks so much, John. This was one of my toughest challenges.
You are the "Bob Ross" of Hot Rods! Dig it!
Thanks, Jose :)
Nice work!
Thanks, Robert.
Love the metal work Doug. I am subbed to a number of car build content creators. All different types of cars from old school to muscle cars to kids who buy wrecked late model high-end supercars. Most of them are very hands on and low budget. You are very good at problem solving mechanicals and body work. You Love what you do and it beams through loud and clear!!
Thanks so much for your very nice comments, KM :)
Wow, that looks awesome! Nice work. Gives me some motivation to get working on my Model A
Thanks, Dave. Let us know how it turns out.
You know with your fab skills you could fab up a small hot rod and build a nice hot rod amp, fine art 😎I think you have a hit. I await your next video. Enjoy your day
Thanks, OG. I will....you too :)
That is some smooth work sir!
Thanks, Nick :)
Boy you don't mind a challenge.Great work.
Thanks, Phil :)
Fantastic work cant wait to see it finished.
Thanks, Felix. I ended up trading it for a '34 pickup, so it's long gone ;(
what a breath of fresh air , a true hot rodder and fab man , this video will be an inspiration for many it is for me , thanks for taking the time to do it .
Glad you enjoyed it, Vern. Thanks for your very nice comments.
Nice job!
Thanks, John.
Very impressive can do diy!
Thanks, BG.
Wonderful work! . . . Rog
Thanks, W :)
That looks amazing great job
Thanks, Barry :)
nice repair work! congrats.
Thanks!
Nice work 👍
Thanks, David.
I had the same dilemma, I had collected enough panels to piece together a 1928 Sport Coupe. I decided I wanted to build a steel roof for it. I was able to source an original roof panel that sits above the driver door and a quarter window for the same side. I took patterns from the roof panel and fabricated new ones with an English Wheel, Shrinker/Stretcher and bead roller. To make the rear window, I took a pattern from my 30 pickup cab and fabricated the whole panel in one piece using the same tools.
Wow, it sounds like your challenges were much greater than mine. I have never used an English Wheel, but would love to learn how to operate one.
Looks good 😎
Thank you, Renard.
Very nice!
Thanks, Rich :)
My dad had a 29 Tudor before I was born and my grandfather had a 32 coupe with a rumble seat. I have fond memories of riding in the rumble seat andy grandpa blowing the aooga horn
I'm glad we could inspire your pleasant recollections, Harry.
more Uncle Doug 😀 wonderful.
Thanks, Doc :)
Agreed!
"what are you doing with that fence?"...making a car :D
Very good job
Thank you so much 😀
wow very nice Uncle Doug I have some simular repairs to my car ,I concidered trying to lead fill the separations but its alot harder than it seems quickly decided against it ,lead soldering is a very hard and dying craft ,with filler they have these days theres really no better way
Agreed, Joe, especially if the surfaces are vertical.
Watching you spend more time than it took them to build this back in the day and finding ways to fix this great machine shows you are from a different era.
I’m waiting for the reality TV show that pits those of your (our) generation versus these younguns in a battle of Fixers against Tossers. ‘Today’s battle is Car Fabrication: your tools...sheet metal, 3m fiberglass and two fence posts. Contestants...Fix it!’ I’m loving this channel....Do you put enough heat on that old metal to anneal it? I like your ideas on placing steel in there and welding it in, but i guess I’m asking about the surrounding metal, say on the cab..
Thanks for all your very nice comments, Geoff. I don't purposely anneal the metal. Excess heat is an issue with sheet metal in that it can become warped and unsightly. Generally you must weld in spots, leaving (cool) empty spaces, then come back and gradually eliminate the spaces. It's an acquired skill and not particularly difficult to develop.
That’s my kind of hot rod. Not overdone with lots of class
Glad you like it, Teryl.
I believe all the model A bodies had separate roof structures and the seems ( that originally had a sort of welting in them) because they didn’t have the large stamping methods to do larger more intricate pieces. My concern with everything not being welded solid is that with temperature change and body flex your filler will start to crack.
Everything was welded solid, Todd, at least with respect to those seams where two different pieces of metal met. I ended up trading the car to another hot rodder and he covered the entire top with vinyl, so the joints were all hidden.....after all my work to make them perfect :(
hey, this video vanished! im glad I saw it pop back up :)
It was accidentally posted on the wrong channel, P.
A man of many talents! Can I ask what you taught?
Thanks, Byron. Math and Science to middle school kids, grades 6 thru 8.
Special coupe and Wood kit and material is actually available, the strip isnt, that’s true. But is easily made.
"Bitchin n whinin"? That's some serious language from uncle Doug
Yes, and I apologize to my viewers.....and neighbors ;)
"Stone Age Stuff" always works. Always has & always will. That is what we did , back in the day. When not everyone has a garage full of tools.
Stay Real.
Thanks, BSG. Will do :)
They sell all the wood for the special coup. Mikes Model A
I looked at their offerings before I started the conversion, PH, and the price was quite high, and still didn't include framing for the rear window. I chose to go the full-metal route both for strength, affordability, and the fact that I love a challenge :)
What the heck were all those holes along the top notch, in the roof line, termites???
The holes originally had wood behind them to drive tacks into to hold on the vinyl top material.
@@uncledougshotrodgarage6049 Ah, thanks!
They do make short and long cobra material to match the originals.
I like watching this type of fabricating I got my inspiration from looking at my 1930 front cowland then looking at a wine barrel so I've used a 1930 Ford model A front cowl and then I added a body built out of wine barrels if you got some time check out the channel
That's an interesting concept, SHM. I will take a look.